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The Weaponization of Decency Copy Link Decency Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 9:00:00 am culture, politics Matt Collins

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It is a common strategy for tyrants to use decency as a weapon against their opponents and against the people over which they rule. Tyrants rule by fear, including the fear decent people have of offending God, of being ashamed before their neighbors, or of simply not living up to their own sense of self respect, morality, and proper behavior. The decent man's unwillingness to stoop to his oppressor's level or to employ tactics and strategies he views as immoral, or "beneath him," becomes his Achille's heel. The tyrant, unbound by any sense of scrupulosity, morality, or common decency, has an advantage over the decent man that can only be defeated by God.


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